Monday 22 April 2019

Canada Revenue Agency writes off $133 million owed by one taxpayer

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Replying to and 47 others
Methinks the very malicious work of CBC editing the comment  section of their article about the CRA covering up a matter for the benefit of a tax cheat should make all Canadians pay attention N'esy Pas?


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/04/canada-revenue-agency-writes-off-133.html




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I got a letter from the National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier just before I appeared before the Federal Court of Appeal nearly two years ago. Trust that I published it immediately


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/04/canada-revenue-agency-writes-off-133.html




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Canada Revenue Agency writes off $133 million owed by one taxpayer




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David R. Amos
Methinks the CRA is not enjoying my Twitter account today N'esy Pas? 






David R. Amos
Surprise Surprise Surprise


David R. Amos
Reply to @David R. Amos: BTW I got a letter from the National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier just before I appeared before the Federal Court of Appeal nearly two years ago. Trust that I published it immediately


David R. Amos
Reply to @David R. Amos: I trust that anyone reading this can Google the following

Diane Lebouthillier David Raymond Amos KPMG


David R. Amos
Reply to @David R. Amos:

From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)"
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000
Subject: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes - 2017-02631
To: Mr. David Raymond Amos

Robert Borden
Reply to @David R. Amos: perhaps people should also google "David Raymond Amos" as well. At least it may give an eye opening additional perspective.


David R. Amos 
Reply to @Robert Borden: Please do and ethical folks should add Federal Court File No T-1557-15 to their search Correct?


David R. Amos 
Reply to @Robert Borden: "At least it may give an eye opening additional perspective"

Perhaps you should Google Fundy Royal Debate.













Rob Burr
Funny that the CRA will write-off $133 Million for some (most likely a corporation) yet go after the regular tax paying individual like a dog on a bone for a few hundred dollars. 


David R. Amos
Reply to @Rob Burr: Methinks millions of Canadians agree with you and do not find this "News" article funny at all N'esy Pas?













John Kimble
But let's ignore all the other tax evasion like the ones in the Panama papers, money laundering in Vancouver and go after the little guys for not declaring that $4.99 employer meal

Bravo cra 


David R. Amos
Reply to @John Kimble: "But let's ignore all the other tax evasion like the ones in the Panama papers, money laundering in Vancouver"

Methinks many a true word is said in jest N'esy Pas? 
















Vernon Shein
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Must have been a loyal donor to the LPC and the Trudeau Foundation.


Jose Smith 
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Reply to @Vernon Shein:
At the very least someone with clout and probably friends of friends


Robert Borden 
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Reply to @Vernon Shein: you'd probably still blame the liberals if it was a conservative government in power.


Jose Smith 
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Reply to @Robert Borden:
Like JT nearly 4 years after the defeat of the Conservatives/ NDP It is becoming truly a worn out excuse . JT record of failure is monumental


David R. Amos 
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Reply to @Robert Borden: "you'd probably still blame the liberals if it was a conservative government in power."

Methinks the same holds true for you N'esy Pas?


David R. Amos 
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Reply to @Jose Smith: YUP Methinks the dude teasing us is just another desperate liberal playing politics N'esy Pas?


Matt Parks
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Hey guys, I don't know anything about what happened here, as the CRA hasn't released any information on it, but I'm going to go ahead and make it political anyway!!!! Baseless speculation is the best!!!!


David R. Amos  
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Reply to @Matt Parks: FYI Everything is political and its always about the money. That is the reason why I ran for public office 6 times thus far Perhaps you should Google the following

Diane Lebouthillier David Raymond Amos KPMG 
 

Matt Parks
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So where's your proof? Without more information all you have is BASELESS SPECULATION.


David R. Amos   
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Reply to @Matt Parks: Thanks for asking Please enjoy

https://www.scribd.com/document/2619437/CROSS-BORDER


Xander Martin
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Reply to @David R. Amos: What's that supposed to be proof of?


David R. Amos 
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Reply to @Xander Martin: If you had bothered to read what was requested your would see my proof of lawsuits in the USA pertaining Bank Fraud, Tax Fraud and Securities Fraud before I ran in the election of the 38th Parliament. In 2004 the CRA was hooked at the hip with Canada Border Services and the top etter was from their boss at the time. Clearly the US Special Counsel admitted he knew everything and sent me a complaint number along with the Yankee DHS Inspector General etc You should have noticed at least that much Correct?


Edward Peter
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Reply to @Vernon Shein: Why must it be? No supporter for other party has ever had Tax problems, None of the people that are hiding money illegally, vote for the Conservatives or some other party?
Your hate is blinding you to this problem.


Xander Martin
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Reply to @David R. Amos: I'm sorry your illness is going untreated

David R. Amos 
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Reply to @Xander Martin: OH My My Methinks desperate liberals do post desperate things when they can't argue the facts after they asked me to explain irrefutable documents N'esy Pas? 

 
Xander Martin
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Reply to @David R. Amos: I am a conservative


David R. Amos  
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Reply to @Xander Martin: Then in return I'm sorry your illness is going untreated













Alex Reti
For $133, they will come to your place and take your socks and old VCR. For 133 million, it's "O well, stuff happens!"


David R. Amos   
Reply to @alex reti: Welcome to the Circus













Lorraine Karuse
Shame Shame Shame. They send notices to my 80 plus year old mother for amounts less than $100....I have seen many many times.


David R. Amos   
Reply to @lorraine karuse: If they do it again just download my lawsuit and send it to your MP and ask them to explain to you in writing

Lorraine Karuse
Reply to @David R. Amos: Thanks. Seniors receive miniscule increase in pensions because BOC says there is/was no increase in inflation even when Oil was at U$140 dollars. On their savings they receive less than 1%interest..Lot of them suffer because no one is listening!!!!


David R. Amos   
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Reply to @lorraine karuse: I am a Senior who has been denied his right to vote for many years even though I ran for public office six times. However when it came time to collect my CPP I was denied and told that the CRA had deleted my SIN because I had lived in the USA too long. However the Crown was not long giving me my pension etc when I sued the Queen in 2015. Just Google David Amos Federal Court and you will find my lawsuit. Say Hey to your Mother for me.


David R. Amos   
Reply to @lorraine karuse: Trust that you would have liked my reply















Helen Innamorato
I fail to understand how a taxpayer funded agency like the CRA has a right not to provide details of the uncollected taxes under 'confidentiality provisions under the law"? If there are such laws, they should be changed. When it comes to government, there is absolutely no accountability and no transparency, I understand not mentioning names but details? Meanwhile, regular Canadians get hit with penalty charges and interest for minor oversights.


David R. Amos    
Reply to @helen innamorato: Methinks the CRA should have at least prosecuted them in Federal Court and that docket is the PUBLIC RECORD N'esy Pas? 
  











 

Blanche Cote
I guess single moms are the preferred target of the CRA - no lawyers to deal with.


Lorraine Karuse 
Reply to @Blanche Cote: Or poor seniors like my mother who so often gets notices for amounts less than $100. If you don't pay they will deduct from gst rebaits!!!!


David R. Amos 
Reply to @Blanche Cote: Oh So True


David R. Amos 
Reply to @lorraine karuse: I have never received a gat rebate nor will I get a carbon tax rebate either 














Vernon Thompson
Yup the rich get richer and the poor get poorer nothing new.


David R. Amos  
Reply to @vernon thompson: YUP















Alex Matheson
The CRA needs to release the identity of this person/corporation. If it was 133 dollars no one would care. 133 million is a different story. For the sake of transparency and indeed credibility, governments cannot hide behind this privacy bit when tax payers have the right to know where and how their money is spent.


David R. Amos 
Reply to @Alex Matheson: Methinks folks should talk up this issue with their MPS ASAP N'esy Pas?















Joe Gallant
Must have been SNC Lavelin. Oh well at least this Minister listen and did exactly what she was told and will get to stay with this party as well as keep her title till the next election.


David R. Amos  
Reply to @Joe Gallant: Methinks everybody knows that is how the wicked game is played N'esy Pas?










 


Robert Borden
When there are huge write-offs like this, CRA should be mandated to provide far more details regarding the reasoning.

For example they should at least identify that it was a corporation, what the taxation period(s) were involved, whether the company went bankrupt, what assets were seized, what legal actions were tried against the directors, etc.

Citing privacy is not sufficient if the government wants us to have faith that there isn't a double standard for the rich, corporations, or the connected.


Jose Smith
Reply to @Robert Borden:
Absolutely . I would set a floor limit of 500K anything over that should be fully disclosed .


Robert Borden 
Reply to @Jose Smith: I would set it even lower, probably 100K. If they are writing off that much bad debt there is a inherent problem with the system and how taxes are collected needs to change.


David R. Amos  
Reply to @Robert Borden: "Citing privacy is not sufficient if the government wants us to have faith that there isn't a double standard for the rich, corporations, or the connected"

So you say Hence I must ask is that your real name you are using as you attack the taxman?


David R. Amos  

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Reply to @Robert Borden: Clearly you cannot be the lawyer Robert Borden who was 8th Prime Minister of Canada N'esy Pas? 


David R. Amos 
Reply to @David R. Amos: OH My My Methinks somebody is being very deceitful for political reasons as usual N'esy Pas?










 


Mo Bennett
absolutely disgusting! what else wood y'all expect from this crap government? this is what happens when you put a social worker in charge of money.


David R. Amos   
Reply to @mo bennett: YO MO I see that you are up early as usual and still just as disgusted as I am N'esy Pas?


Mo Bennett
Reply to @David R. Amos: messy paws! 


Tony Hill
Reply to @mo bennett:

The current government almost certainly has absolutely nothing to do with it. The CRA only writes off debts when there is absolutely no recourse to collect them, which usually happens many years after either a person dies or the corporation has gone bankrupt.

This is the latter case, and I can all but guarantee you it was a corporation that went bankrupt in the 2008/09 recession.

You can blame Harper if you think it's his fault the global economy collapsed, or you can blame George W. Bush or Gordon Brown or whoever you want to tack that particular portion of an economic cycle on. However, Justin Trudeau, and even Donald Trump, had nothing to do with this one.


David R. Amos   
Reply to @Tony Hill: "This is the latter case, and I can all but guarantee you it was a corporation that went bankrupt in the 2008/09 recession."

Confucius Said To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge. 
 

Tony Hill
Reply to @David R. Amos:

Perhaps. What we do know is that this had to be a LARGE corporation since this isn't income tax but rather excise taxes, and most companies pay very little in excise taxes. We also know that the CRA has determined that there is no possible avenue for ever getting the money back, which all but guarantees that the corporation went bankrupt and has finished liquidating all their old assets.

What major corporation operating in Canada do you know if that went bankrupt after the recession? Sears I guess, but they haven't finished liquidating their old assets. Target Canada went "bankrupt" but the parent corporation still exists so the CRA could still go after them.

I suppose it could be a company that went bankrupt before the 2008/09 recession, Stelco jumps to mind as a possibility there.

Far and away the most likely candidate though would be either General Motors or Chrysler, both of which ceased to exist (as a legal entity) in 2009, even if a brand new company took over the name and most assets after the fact.


David R. Amos
Reply to @Tony Hill: Do you know who I am? 
David R. Amos
Reply to @Tony Hill: Ask yourself why the transcript and webcast of this hearing went "Poof" in 2008 before Spitzer and I were arrested and the economy collapsed


https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/review-of-current-investigations-and-regulatory-actions-regarding-the-mutual-fund-industry

Tony Hill 
Reply to @David R. Amos: "Do you know who I am?"

I did Google your name a while ago and came up with a rather entertaining Encyclopedia Dramatica article.

Beyond that I can't say I'm overly familiar with who you are.




Canada Revenue Agency writes off $133 million owed by one taxpayer

Tax agency refuses to identify person or corporation getting writeoff



Dean Beeby · CBC News ·

The Canada Revenue Agency, under National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier, wrote off a large tax debt of $133 million last year but refuses to provide details. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)


As the April 30 deadline approaches for filing income tax returns, there's word of an unusually large tax writeoff by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

Sometime in the first six months of 2018, the agency wrote off more than $133 million in taxes owed by one taxpayer. It's not clear whether the recipient of the writeoff was a person or a corporation.

The amount was for unspecified excise taxes or excise duties; the CRA has offered no further details.



The massive writeoff is cited in a Sept. 14, 2018 internal CRA memo to explain a big jump in the total tax dollars declared uncollectible, compared with the total for the same period a year previous.

CRA won't say who got it


"The above total amount submitted for writeoff represents an increase of $209M in comparison to the first submission of the 2017-2018 fiscal year," says the memo, obtained by CBC News under the Access to Information Act.

"The increase is attributable to a few large writeoffs, including one for $133M."

The federal government applies excise taxes on fuel-inefficient vehicles, automobile air conditioners and some petroleum products.

Excise duties, on the other hand, are collected on spirits, wine, beer, tobacco products and now cannabis. Excise taxes and duties in 2017-18 brought $5.9 billion into the federal treasury, mostly from alcohol.

A spokesperson for the Canada Revenue Agency declined to identify the taxpayer benefiting from the writeoff, or to provide details of the nature of the uncollected taxes, citing confidentiality provisions under the law.
... large writeoffs of this magnitude are not common- Etienne Biram,  CRA spokesperson  
Etienne Biram also said the agency could not state whether the amount — $133,416,922.33, to be precise — has set a record for a single federal tax writeoff in Canada.

"We are unable to confirm whether the writeoff you are referencing is the largest, as we do not keep [a] record of this information," he said. "It is important to note that large writeoffs of this magnitude are not common."

The Canada Revenue Agency in 2017-18 wrote off $2.7 billion in taxes owed. That's the largest single-year sum written off by the CRA since the $2.8 billion it abandoned in both 2014-15 and 2013-14.

The agency says that writing off a tax debt does not relieve a taxpayer of the obligation to pay — but it does mean no legal action will be taken unless the taxpayer's situation improves.

'Vast majority' of taxes owed are collected


"The vast majority of accounts receivable will be collected over time," said Biram. "In 2017-2018, the CRA resolved over $57.8 billion in tax debt, of which less than five (per cent) was written off."

The $133 million writeoff by the CRA was approved by CRA Commissioner Bob Hamilton in the same period that saw a March 2018 writeoff of a government bailout loan to the now-bankrupt Chrysler corporation. That writeoff was approved by Finance Minister Bill Morneau and never announced, though CBC News later confirmed that the defunct Chrysler was the firm involved.

It's not clear whether the two writeoffs are related, though excise taxes are applied to the auto industry.

The federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation said taxpayers have a right to privacy in their disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency.

But Aaron Wudrick added that if a writeoff is related to a government subsidy, Canadians also have a right to know the details.

"[I]f a company took a taxpayer subsidy, then that triggers a higher right to transparency for taxpayers," he said.

"If it is indeed for the Chrysler writeoff, it's another kick in the teeth to taxpayers who have lost billions on the auto bailouts. It's a cautionary tale for those who insist these kinds of subsidies are 'good investments.'"

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Tuesday, 24 April 2018


Attn Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier May I suggest that your minions do the right thing by me and my Income supplement?

---------- Original  message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" <fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 22:05:38 +0000
Subject: RE: Attn Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier May I suggest that your
minions do the right thing by me and my Income supplement?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.

Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
commentaires.




> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 01:57:52 -0400
> Subject: Fwd: The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and
> their many associates must remember me now Correct Ms. Minister of
> National Revenue Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P?
> To: Andrew.Treusch@cra-arc.gc.ca, John.Ossowski@cra-arc.gc.ca,
> Richard.Montroy@cra-arc.gc.ca, irussell@iiac.ca, bamsden@iiac.ca,
> ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca, public.integrity@oag.state.ny.us,
> dmills@cra.ca, dfrancis@nationalpost.com, dsimon@stu.ca,
> rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca, DAmirault@bankofcanada.ca,
> ZLalani@bankofcanada.ca, victor.boudreau@gnb.ca, ibruce@petersco.com,
> rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, tobin.lambie@cica.ca, jlisson@fasken.co.uk,
> labe@fasken.com, george.greer@cica.ca, Rachel.degrace@payroll.ca,
> Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@cra-arc.gc.ca, atip-aiprp@cra-arc.gc.ca,
> atip-aiprp@bankofcanada.ca, jbutler@cppib.com, mmcdaid@cppib.com,
> "roger.l.brown" <roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
, oldmaison
> <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, Karine Fortin <info@ndp.ca>
> Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@parl.gc.ca,
> Philippe.Brideau@cra-arc.gc.ca, Madonna.Gardiner@cra-arc.gc.ca,
> Bill.Blair@cra-arc.gc.ca, Doug.Gaetz@cra-arc.gc.ca
>
> Office of the Minister of National Revenue
> The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P.
> Minister of National Revenue
> 7th Floor
> 555 MacKenzie Avenue
> Ottawa ON  K1A 0L5
>
> Rebecca Rogers
> Director of Communications
> Office of the Minister of National Revenue
> 613-995-2960
>
> Philippe Brideau
> Media Relations
> Canada Revenue Agency
> 613-941-6269
>
> Office of the Commissioner - Chief Executive Officer of the CRA
> Mr. Andrew Treusch Commissioner of Revenue
> Mr. John Ossowski Deputy Commissioner
> 7th Floor
> 555 MacKenzie Avenue
> Ottawa ON  K1A 0L5
> Phone 623 957 3688
>
> Andrew.Treusch@cra-arc.gc.ca
> John.Ossowski@cra-arc.gc.ca
> Richard.Montroy@cra-arc.gc.ca
>
> Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC)
> Head Office
> 11 King Street West
> Suite 1600
> Toronto, ON M5H 4C7
> 416.364.2754
>
> CEO Ian Russell
> 416 865 3035
> irussell@iiac.ca
>
> Barbara Amsden
> Director Special Projects
> 416 687 5488
> bamsden@iiac.ca
>
> For the PUBLIC RECORD in 2008 when Harper decided to call a election
> just before the economy crashed and Obama got himself elected I found
> out that not one  beancounter overseen by Kevin Dancey and his cohorts
> was willing to audit me for the benefit of Elections Canada. The
> Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants should not deny my
> contacts with them in 2008 CORRECT?
>
> Lets just say the fact that they tried hard to ignore me did not
> surprise me but I did send many emails and made a lot of phone calls
> in order to discuss all the wicked games the “Harper” government and
> its many buddies were playing against me. Seven years ago I didn’t
> care if I ever ran for public office again because after doing so four
> times within two years I realized that the Canadian and Yankee
> electorate didn’t give a good god damn about the fate or the words of
> a whistleblower. So I went kinda global with my many concerns after
> that. However seven years later the election of the 42nd Parliament
> and the following Yankee Presidential election next year are far too
> important for any ethical soul to ignore.
>
> Trust that I don’t care that Harper’s new law does not allow me to
> vote. Section 3 of the Charter still allows Donald Sutherland, Wayne
> Gretzky and even mean old me to run for a seat in the House of Commons
> THAT IS IF I can find someone with enough balls to audit my records or
> rather a lack thereof because I take no donations and make no claim
> for expenses. There cannot be one soul on the planet easier to audit
> that I. Nothing minus nothing equals NOTHING. My auditors in the past
> got to send my fellow taxpayers quite a bill byway of Elections Canada
> for work they checked with a mere glance. It appears to me that
> politics outweighs simple greed.
>
> With that in mind and knowing that polling day by law would be October
> 19th, I began to call many local chartered accountants in the New
> Brunswick area this spring to see if anyone would audit me. Not one
> would because of local politics so I began to call some accountants in
> Toronto as well with the same result. Hell I even forwarded one very
> strange response to the Election Commissioner in June and have gotten
> no response from his office as of yet. That said once the writ was
> dropped I tried even more diligently to find an accountant and was
> appalled by their obvious double talk and pure bullshit. With each
> call I became more convinced that my last statement in the prior
> paragraph was true. So as you all know I stress tested you all last
> week and with the exception of a few nice ladies you all failed
> bigtime.
>
> For example whereas I am a fairly well known whistleblower about the
> financial industry who still reads and argues a lot need I say I found
> this letter interesting?
>
> http://iiac.ca/wp-content/uploads/IIAC-Commissioner-Treusch-CRA-Letter-Requesting-Meeting-on-T5103+T5013A-Combination-and-XML-Implementation.pdf
>
> Last week I called and managed to talk to the CEO Ian Russell about
> what he had posted to the CRA Commissioner on the Internet.  Need I
> say that Russell did not impress me?
>
> At first Russell denied the letter then asked if I got it by way of
> Freedom of Information. DUHHH How dumb is that???? Clearly I got it
> from his website. I told him it didn’t matter how I got it what was
> far more important was the fact that I read it. He also claimed to
> have no idea as to who I was even though I had contacted his
> organization several times over the years and even watched them check
> my work on the Internet. Anyway I heard enough bullshit from him for
> one day so I hung up on him and started to talk to his a lot of his
> equally snobby buddies. Trust that a lot of very sneaky Upper
> Canadians minor ta minions who love money started Googling my name
> after that.
>
> Hardly anybody wanted to talk to me for over a week or played dumb or
> insulted me. So on Friday I sent a couple of emails as promised to
> many people. By the end of the day I began getting voicemails and
> phone calls from snobby dudes who claimed to have not received my
> emails but at least my phone still worked EH? On the other hand other
> people obviously did get my emails and at least one lady responded in
> writing in a very ethical fashion before quitting time on Friday.
>
> Methinks I should have been a special project for Barbara Amsden many
> moons ago.
>
> In fact since March of 2014 when I found out that I could not collect
> my Canada Pension because Revenue Canada had cancelled my SIN number
> not once could I talk to anyone of any authority in the employ of
> Minister Findlay. Last week the response from her office was way
> beyond ridiculous. I was told that there was nobody to speak to within
> the Minister’s office because the election was on. I said bullshit the
> Minister is still the Minister until her replacement is hopefully
> sworn in November or December. Until that time Canadians must continue
> to pay their taxes and the National Revenue Minister and her
> underlings must continue to do their jobs as per their mandates. Even
> after the election is over whether she be reelected or not  Ms Findlay
> is still a Queen’s Counsel SHE MUST UPHOLD THE LAW just as every
> ethical officer of the court should do.  What say you now Kerry-Lynne
> D. Findlay QC, the current National Revenue Minister? Harper still got
> your tongue?
>
> Trust that none of the Taxpayers Ombudsmen would ever talk to me much
> less answer an email since that position was created seven years ago.
> Whenever anyone answers the OTO phone they always deny that I sent
> their bosses anything and want to make out a new complaint HMMMM.
> Perhaps I will and this time send the Ombudsman a summons to Federal
> Court instead. With regards to litigation I know for a fact that the
> CROWN and even Ms. Sherra Profit’s old law firm (in fact both law
> firms before they merged) has a HUGE pile of my documents going back
> to 2004 so it should save me a lot of redundant paperwork as I address
> taxpayer rights and that of a whistleblower against the taxman and the
> CROWN N’esy Pas?
>
> In closing here are two examples of my emails from years ago.Two
> corporate entities in the employ of the CROWN that claim not receive
> my emails. Yea Right At least one honest lady working for a Global
> outfit in New York who knows how to read and write N'esy Pas Stevey
> Boy Harper and Mr Mindless Mulcair?
>
> Heres hoping I find an honest auditor because lots of folks would
> enjoy watching me debate Rob Moore some more EH?
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ministre de la Justice Ministre de la Justice
> <ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca>
> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 01:51:40 -0400
> Subject: Rép. : Re: So Whose job is it to audit the auditors? Methinks
> it must be mine. (Accusé de réception)
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Bonjour,
>
>
> Nous accusons réception de votre courriel et vous remercions d'avoir
> communiqué avec la ministre de la Justice.
>
> Nous vous assurons que votre demande sera traitée avec toute l'attention
> qu'elle mérite.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)" <PABMINMAILG@cra-arc.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000
Subject: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes - 2017-02631
To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

Mr. David Raymond Amos
motomaniac333@gmail.com


Dear Mr. Amos:

Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes,
and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.

This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way
the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning,
tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups
that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an
opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main
strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.

The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system,
and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive
tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the
government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax
evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of
offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate
federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and
$2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017.

More precisely, the CRA is cracking down on tax cheats by hiring more
auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams,
increasing coverage of aggressive goods and service tax/harmonized
sales tax planning, increasing coverage of multinational corporations
and wealthy individuals, and taking targeted actions aimed at
promoters of abusive tax schemes.

On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve
its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to
its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program
recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance
Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international
projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of
the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the
Panama Papers leaks.

These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to
protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and
technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax
arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To
ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at
promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased
audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal
investigations where warranted, and better communication with
taxpayers.

To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is
increasing notifications and warnings through its communications
products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants,
and community groups so that they can become informed observers who
can educate their clients.

The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other
representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax
schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can
lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution,
court fines, and jail time.

Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal
investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for
tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total,
the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million
and 734 months of jail time.

When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA
consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate
solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming,
and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts
owed are considered.

More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance
scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the
CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many
of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The
CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the
Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these
structures.

To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in
March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG
and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate
Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie
University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in
relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain
the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this
review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA
had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man
file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA
took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was
concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were
appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were
consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The
report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with
the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no
evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA
employees involved in the case.

Under the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct, all CRA
employees are responsible for real, apparent, or potential conflicts
of interests between their current duties and any subsequent
employment outside of the CRA or the Public Service of Canada.
Consequences and corrective measures play an important role in
protecting the CRA’s integrity.

The CRA takes misconduct very seriously. The consequences of
misconduct depend on the gravity of the incident and its repercussions
on trust both within and outside of the CRA. Misconduct can result in
disciplinary measures up to dismissal.

All forms of tax evasion are illegal. The CRA manages the Informant
Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding
cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which
coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines
whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures
that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that
compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward
for tips received.

The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in
place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who
provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion
that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the
OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible
informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on
information the CRA received through the OTIP.

With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and
internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the
CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income.
For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting
information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of
$10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a
proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that
raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs
totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800
taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with
approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60
audits.

In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for
tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for
aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works
daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre
(JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The
CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the
working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing
collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong
relationships with the international community, which will help it
refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.

The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of
success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a
result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts.
Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts
relating to large businesses and multinational companies.

But there is still much to do, and additional improvements and
investments are underway.

Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who
choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax
strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians
expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on
this matter at canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/news/2017/03/
statement_from_thehonourabledianelebouthillierministerofnational.

Thank you for taking the time to write. I hope the information I have
provided is helpful.

Sincerely,

The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
Minister of National Revenue
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